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Honesty and Love in The Importance of Being Earnest

Watch this video about the themes of honesty and love in The Importance of Being Earnest.
Now write a short essay (two to three paragraphs) explaining how these affect the story.
What evidence is there of these themes in the play? What might change if these two themes
were not present in the play?
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Step-by-step explanation:

The concept of love in Earnest is never challenged; each of the four main characters complacently adores his or her lover purely for their looks or their name and never questions their character.

It is apparent that Wilde's opinion is that true honesty is expressed through being genuine to one's self as opposed to putting on a front as is important in victorian ideals. In this work, Wilde uses humor to off-set the seriousness of the theme of the story.

So, in “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, the honesty is been something that Jack, Algernon, and some others can't really show to anyone, not physically. Most people would eventually own up to their mistakes, not add on to them.

“I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.” “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks lik

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